2 Queer Arabz Aisha Mershani and Jude Tarabulsi

2 Queer Arabz talk with psychologist Dr Khaleel Isa about the body's response to trauma, how generations of trauma live in us, and how to cope. Dr Isa models a few techniques during the episode for folks to follow, and gives us signs to know our body is in a trauma response. There's also advice on how to become a prophet! Listen up!

Yasmine Nasser Diaz, a multidisciplinary Yemeni Artist, talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about her childhood, third culture identity, and how it informs her artistic expression. She also touches on audiences, how her work is received, and how art itself is the best way to express herself.

http://www.yasminediaz.com/
https://arabamericanmuseum.org/exhibition/soft-powers/

2 Queer Arabz talk with their good friend, and talented Iraqi artist, Dena al-Adeeb. They discuss her past artistic work, the personalization of her political artwork, and how she connects her past to the future. Dena's recent performance art piece, and prose poem, are discussed in detail, and both connect to her future work in Iraq, which her kid will be part of.  Dena helps us understand the impacts of war and displacement from a very personal perspective through both art and scholarship. IF YOU'RE ANTI WAR GET ON BOARD!

https://www.instagram.com/denaaladeeb/
https://linktr.ee/denaaladeeb?fbclid=IwAR1vylwDWdwx7j9QpDa7C31CdC8j2eOpJ3W64MSJxYun-6OrE6SozxFAfFo

Comedian and actor D' Lo talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about his acting roles in Hollywood as a trans person of color, his writing process and his writing workshops. D'Lo and these funny ass Arabz go in on the comedy as they plan a new porn script together in this episode. Check out D'Lo's one person show, summer 2022 at the Kirk Douglas Theater in Los Angeles. 
https://www.centertheatregroup.org/tickets/kirk-douglas-theatre/2021/block-party/
https://www.dlocokid.com/about

The 2 Queer Arabz talk with Nicole Zayas Manzano, Senior Policy Counsel at The Bail Project. Nicole enlightens the duo about the violence of the US system against black and brown folks, and how the Bail Project exists to combat the violence. An organization that simultaneously works on advocacy to change this broken system while also supporting people to pay the cash bail that so many cannot afford. https://bailproject.org/team/nicole-zayas-manzano/

Huwaida Arraf talks with the 2 Queer Arabz about her past political activities and how that brought her to her U.S. congress candidacy for either district 9 or 10 (after redistricting we'll see) in Michigan. Huwaida, a Palestinian-American activist, brings her global experience to her local goals and plans to make needed changes in a location that people have written off.    https://www.huwaidaforcongress.com/